Siheyuan: Shazhu's Leisurely Life

Chapter 5 Deaf old lady
Although honeycomb coal is available in this era, quite a number of families are still reluctant to burn coal. Cooking and heating are mostly done with firewood, charcoal, and better ones will also use coal balls. But in comparison, honeycomb coal produces less smoke and is not choking. He Yuzhu is in good financial condition now, so he is naturally willing to buy honeycomb coal to burn.

When the stove was almost done, the temperature in the room gradually warmed up. He Yuzhu put a kettle on the stove, boiled water, and started preparing some ingredients for dinner.

……

evening.

The courtyard gradually became lively.

Workers were getting off work, and children were getting out of school. There were all kinds of noisy sounds, with a strong smell of fireworks. He Yuzhu was busy at home when suddenly the door was opened and a figure jumped in from outside. As soon as he entered the door, the figure ran straight to the stove.

"Brother, what delicious food are you cooking today? I can smell the aroma in the yard. I can tell right away that you are cooking."

A little girl's voice rang out. It was He Yushui who had just finished school. She had a simple ponytail and a cloth schoolbag on her back. She looked at her brother who was busy at the stove, and her newly developed canine teeth suddenly widened in a smile.

"Oh? So many neighbors are cooking, how could you guess that it was your brother who was cooking?" He Yuzhu pretended to say.

"Their cooking skills can never compare to yours, brother. The food you cook is the most delicious in the world!"

This little girl was not vague, and she was not stingy with her compliments. In fact, these were all her thoughts from the bottom of her heart. After all, He Yuzhu's current cooking skills were not comparable to those of ordinary people.

Not to mention the meals that He Yuzhu cooked for himself and his sister. The ingredients were also quite good. They had white flour, fine grains and the like every few days, and even meat occasionally. They were unlike ordinary families who had either steamed corn bread or corn cobs. As for meat, it was considered good to be able to have a taste of it during the Chinese New Year.

As He Yushui spoke, he poked his little head over to the stove and looked around.

"Okay, you greedy bastard, go wash your hands and clean up. I'm going to make you some noodles today, so be careful of the heat when you eat them later."

He Yuzhu didn't need to say anything, He Yushui had already smelled the aroma of the pot of noodles when he got closer, and immediately jumped up with joy.

"Okay, brother, I love you so much!"

Seeing Yu Shui rushing out to wash his hands, He Yuzhu couldn't help but smile. He used the wooden chopsticks in his hand to stir the pot twice, picked up two noodles and tasted them, and then couldn't help but slam it. It's still this authentic~
The fire was almost ready, so two bluish-white porcelain bowls were brought in. They were filled to the brim with some clear soup and seasonings, and He Yuzhu then brought them to the eight-immortals table in the room.

After He Yushui washed his hands and returned to the house, he couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and eat with relish.

Even though this little girl is young and still a girl, she is not slow at all when it comes to slurping the noodles. He Yuzhu just reminds her not to choke because of the burns, and then he also starts to eat with her.

In fact, Yu Shui's appetite was not exaggerated. People in this era were different from those in later generations. They didn't have much fat in their stomachs, so they seemed to have a large appetite. For example, people who did manual labor could eat more than a dozen steamed buns in one meal, so He Yuzhu was not afraid that Yu Shui would be bloated or something like that.

When He Yuzhu had almost finished eating, he got up, went to the stove, scooped up a bowl of noodles, and took it out.

“Yushui, you eat first. I’ll go to the backyard to bring food to the old lady.”

Yu Shui was lying on the eight-immortal table, eating happily, and just hummed twice and nodded. After passing through the middle courtyard, He Yuzhu came to the backyard.

There are relatively few residents in this backyard. Apart from Xu Damao and the second uncle's family, there are a few scattered residents and the deaf old lady.

Like He Yuzhu's family, the deaf old lady also lives alone in a room. If you think about it, the housing issue is also very particular.

Because the deaf old lady is old and has a high seniority in the courtyard, she lives alone in a room and no one gossips about her.

But after He Daqing of the He family passed away, the two little kids, He Yuzhu and He Yushui, each had a room. To be honest, the residents of this courtyard were still a little resentful.

After all, in this era, every household has several people squeezed into one room. Some people even have to squeeze together with their families after getting married. Sometimes at night, when they play games in pairs, they can only use a curtain to cover the room. You can imagine how cramped they are.

But even in this situation, the two little kids He Yuzhu and He Yushui enjoyed the treatment of single rooms. How could everyone not have some thoughts in their minds?
Not to mention, the original Sha Zhu had a reckless personality. Even if he knew about this, he didn't know how to restrain himself. Instead, he showed off in front of others from time to time, which made him very hateful.

This was also related to the fact that Yi Zhonghai, the Jia family and even the entire compound later set their sights on Sha Zhu's retirement.

After all, they all came from that era, and no one was stupid. In the compound, Qin Huairu's family was a vampire. Could it be that no one could see it? But no one took the initiative to help Sha Zhu.

The three old men at the back united together and wanted to ask Sha Zhu, the resentful guy, to help with the retirement care of the entire compound!

Among them, the only one who had some good intentions was the deaf old lady. If she hadn't brought Sha Zhu and Lou Xiao'e together and left He Xiao behind, He Yuzhu would have suffered all his life, and by his generation, the He family would have been extinct.

He Yuzhu traveled through time and knew about the plot, so he could choose to ignore the beasts, but he had to do his part for the deaf old lady. Whether it was out of respect for the elderly or to make himself less of an exception in the yard, he had to maintain a good relationship with the deaf old lady.

He Yuzhu carried the noodles and went straight to the door of the deaf old lady and knocked.

"Is the old lady home?"

"Is it Zhuzi? My dear grandson, I'm at home..."

The voice of the deaf old lady came from the room.

"Okay, then you just sit down and I'll do it."

When He Yuzhu knocked on the door just now, he had already tested that the door was not locked. After confirming that the old lady was at home, he pushed the door open and took the initiative to enter the house.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw an old lady with kind eyes and rosy complexion sitting beside the bed, looking at me with a kind smile on her face.

"Madam, we are making noodles today, and I brought you a bowl of noodles."

(End of this chapter)